![]() So I'm just like, 'Well, this has gotta be a song.' It took us like 15 minutes to do it too. And the melody instantly came to my head. "I put two and two together and I couldn't get that phrase out of my head. "I just started singing to my girlfriend, making fun of her, saying, 'You're my dirty little secret,' " said Ritter, who lives in Florida. , whose resume includes a role in *NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" video and work with Victoria's Secret. Meanwhile, lead single "Dirty Little Secret" takes its name from a phrase Ritter used in reference to his girlfriend, model ![]() Even when everything is ruined around your life, you've still gotta keep going." That's why 'Move Along' is supposed to be more of an uplifting song. "I felt like this song needed to give something instead of preach something. "I was totally happy with the way it was, but after the tsunami happened I totally rewrote it because I felt like I was being selfish," he said. The title track initially had lyrics that were somewhat political and negative, but Ritter changed it up based on world events. ![]() The band played the Reading Festival in England and a radio show for The Edge in Tulsa, Okla.Ī tour with Hoobastank didn't do well since it happened before that band's major hit, "The Reason," blew up at radio.Īs their debut album approached platinum sales, The All-American Rejects moved to Interscope for what would be their platinum follow-up, "Move Along." All four members play on the album. But without the bones, you just have a big puddle of skin." I make the bones Nick puts the skin and organs in it. "Basically, with Nick and I, it's like building a body. "We do write together, but I'll write the melody and the basic chord progression," said Ritter, who writes the lyrics. The pair co-wrote all the songs and played all the instruments on the band's self-titled debut, which came out on the Ohio-based Doghouse Records in 2002 and was re-released on DreamWorks in 2003. After the band broke up, they continued to write songs together, formed The All-American Rejects in 1999 and self-released their "Same Girl, New Songs" EP in 2001. While he was more into performing in musicals growing up, Ritter hit it off with Wheeler, who played drums in Drowning Fish. "I'd love to be able to take that guy's brain and shake it back to normalcy and then work with him," Ritter said. He loves the songwriting and melodies on "Pet Sounds" and would like to work with the Beach Boys' 's "Hot August Night," "The Best of Rodgers and Hammerstein" and At one point, he owned just four albums: the Ritter has never had a large CD collection. But bass guitar and rock 'n' roll - unless you're The only thing I think is difficult is probably mastering how to play and sing. ![]() "Rock 'n' roll and bass guitar, it's like you could hire a 4-year-old to do it," said Ritter, who joined the punk band Drowning Fish when he was 13. Tyson Ritter, who has an older brother and a younger sister, said Stillwater is "super-tiny" and has just one music venue, Mike'sįirst playing guitar, Ritter switched to bass when the lone band at his school needed a bassist. His father is a mechanic, while his mother works as a lunch lady. I think this is the year for rock and everyone's scared of that."īorn April 24, 1984, Ritter grew up in Stillwater, Okla. There's so many rap acts, but then if you think about the '80s, Cinderella only had a couple songs and Firehouse only had a couple songs. ![]() But it's turning into the '80s hair bands of yesterday. Of course, hip-hop has exploded and blown up. "People like simplicity and listen to rap music," he said. Ritter, the youngest member of the band at 22, has his theories as to why it's a rare feat. Every night we play for 7,000 to 10,000 people, you know? It happens every once in a while for rock, but not often enough anymore." "People call it a dream tour," Ritter said. ![]()
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